At the high end of the real-estate market, a bit more money yields a lot more home. What to keep in mind if you are thinking of upgrading your home.
The answer, if you're moving in retirement, can be tricky. A look at some top markets.
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Professional home remodelers are scrambling to comply with a new regulation that supporters say will shield children from lead poisoning. Industry groups argue the rule will drive up costs and unfairly expose them to litigation.
With a fiancé and a young son, opera star Anna Netrebko settles into a different rhythm and a new "grown-up" apartment near Lincoln Center.
Homes with widow's walks in Chapel Hill, N.C.; Barnstable, Mass., and Washington.
With rent reductions having hit double-digits in some markets, it's been a renter's a market -- but perhaps not for much longer.
Updated and adapted from the book "1,0001 Things They Won't tell You: An Insider's Guide to Spending, Saving, and Living Wisely," by Jonathan Dahl and the editors of SmartMoney
At the Canyon Crossing community in southwest San Antonio, buyers can still get into a $135,000 four-bedroom home for no money down.
A home buyer in Dallas has $10,000 saved and wants to buy in time to get the home buyer tax credit. The problem: Low cash level and not much of a credit history. June Fletcher has advice.
In a new column, Bart Ziegler offers some advice to novice gardeners with limited time. First off, those zucchini jokes are true.
Also: DHL co-founder William Armsted Robinson cuts the price on two ranches, and a former San Francisco firehouse, converted into a home, is sold.
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The White House plans to expand its foreclosure-prevention efforts to include reducing mortgage loan balances for some borrowers, a controversial step that policy makers have long resisted.
The head of the Guggenheim Museum sells his prized Pittsburgh home and adjusts to the realities of Manhattan real estate.
There are fewer than 40 days remaining until the federal home buyer tax credit expires, and home builders and realtors aren't letting consumers forget it. SmartMoney
A new government program aimed to speed up short sales goes into effect on April 5, increasing your chances of negotiating a distressed-property deal.
A Manhattan condominium owned by a financially troubled Italian film producer was sold in a foreclosure auction for $33.2 million, a sign that New York real estate prices are stabilizing
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The financial crisis exposed Regions and its chief executive to one of the nation's worst real-estate markets.
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Drawing up the floor plans for the renovation was fairly straightforward, except for the issue of the kids' bathroom, writes Julia Angwin.
Americans are at last embracing the appliance that everybody loved to ignore: the microwave oven. But how to improve a product whose entire purpose is to be simple?
Freddie Mac said on Wednesday it would relax some rules that have made it harder to get mortgages for condominium units in Florida. The move could make it easier for some owners to sell their units.
Prices for high-end houses are the lowest they've been in some time, making it tempting to get swept away in a less-than-ideal transaction. Here are some pitfalls to avoid.
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Prices of luxury real estate are finally starting to rise, as bargain hunters swoop in. Some of the best deals are in second homes with discounts of as much as 40%.
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This modern 3,260-square-foot home in Loveland, Colo., has four bedrooms and three bathrooms, as well as views of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
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A Brookfield-led offer for General Growth Properties will remain on the table until year end, pending a ruling by a bankruptcy judge.
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Redwood Trust is trying to reopen the market for securities backed by home-mortgage loans without any government backing with an offering totaling at least $200 million, according to people familiar with the situation.
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A gauge of U.S. home prices improved in January, with many of the nation's most battered markets among the gainers.
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The Dallas suburb of Irving is planning for life after Texas Stadium, which will be demolished April 11.
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The housing market appears as if it will sustain less damage than expected this year from a spike in the monthly payments on hundreds of thousands of exotic adjustable-rate mortgages.
Prices for high-end houses are the lowest they've been in some time, making it tempting to get swept away in a less-than-ideal transaction. Here are some pitfalls to avoid.
Loan Types | Rate | Last Week | Chart |
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30 yr fixed mtg | 5.12% | up ↑ | see chart |
15 yr fixed mtg | 4.36% | down ↓ | see chart |
5/1 ARM | 3.95% | see chart | |
30 yr fixed jumbo mtg | 5.83% | up ↑ | see chart |
30 yr FHA mtg | 5.67% | up ↑ | see chart |
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